Barge traffic at Mississippi River terminal could end: City leaders are eager to do away with the city's rusting port in north Minneapolis, and a fish is giving them an excuse to move quickly.City officials met Tuesday to discuss a plan that would cease all barging operations at the city's 50-year-old terminal on the Mississippi River by April 2013, reducing lock and dam activity downstream that provides a path for Asian carp into greater Minnesota.(Eric Roper)

Valspar plans $30 million remake downtown: As a new $975 million Minnesota Vikings stadium takes shape in the eastern stretch of downtown Minneapolis, a longstanding presence in the area is planning an ambitious expansion of its own. Valspar Corp. said Tuesday it will spend $30 million to restore a vintage structure on S. 3rd Street that was once company headquarters. (Janet Moore)